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God ph1s look good on 2118s!!! I was so town with these an PR1.2s, ultimately it was a track car so went for the lighter option.

Does anyone have any recommendation for an engine rebore around south essex / London?

Thanks Max, do I need new thrust bearings and to set them correctly or can I put my ones back in? It sounds like it is important what side they go in, so perhaps I've screwed up a little taking them straight out. And don't worry, I will take the block to a machine shop for measurement and at...

Exactly what I wanted to hear. I will bin mine and be done with it.

Do the 172 cups have a steering angle sensor? I have a ph1 track project and I think I have broken the steering angle sensor. I don't have ABS or traction control so I am questioning if I really even car if the sensor doesn't work and just rip it out. I wanted to check if this sensor is used...

Spent some time getting the engine stripped yesterday evening to some interesting results. Really hoping there are some guides for reassembly... A lot of these pictures are mainly to help me remember where stuff goes and what way around it goes. These little thing intrigued me a little. If...

Thanks, Once the machine shop has a look i will decide. I'm not necessarily committed to keeping this block, but anything I can find online will need most of the same work anyway (hone and a face minimum) so may as well stick with this block until I know its a dead end.

Not sure if its a good thing or a bad thing being able to pull one of these engines in about 2 hours. Either way, it out now and I got the car back to a state of rolling, need to get some CV ends to protect the wheel bearings. Still had a lot of light left so whipped the head off to have a...

That would just end up wasting all of the mods ive done on the engine already though. If i had room I'd consider getting that as a second engine while I fix my one and just swap them back later... If i had the space.

Appreciate it, but I feel like i might as well stick with my own block unless i find one fresh out the car with confirmed compression...

womp womp! Back from my various travels and did a great job at forgetting all about the car! but im back now and the weather is looking up so I've started stripping the engine down. Hoping next week to pull the engine and start stripping the block down to go off to a machine shop. I have been...

I agree, it could be done as cheaply as possible, and don't get me wrong I am not completely decided on which path to take. However in my head it will be very disheartening to spend the time pulling the engine to change the block and getting a new one honed and some new rings only to be exactly...

That phrase will be the end of me! Ooo plot twist, the question then will be is the power gain worth the difference in price...

So my engine failed a compression test and I'm 99% sure it's the piston rings and a scabby cylinder that is the cause. Full story here: https://cliosport.net/threads/ph1-revival.847226/ Trying to turn failure into a silver lining im leaning more towards a rebore and oversized pistons (I also...

So had a little think about this, I'm away for a while so will potentially revise as time goes on but, as I see it, there are a few options: Hone the current block with a home honing kit and upgrade to 197 pistons and new rings - I know this is probably a dead end, but since I'm going to pull...

Im going to say likely a piece of debris. later picture of the same cylinder shows it not there. Annoyingly i didnt take any better pictures than that.

For reference, this is a close up of the affected cylinder that i found

Damn, OK, will speak to my machine shop and see what they think. I'd love to be able to get away with a hone and new rings (and 197 pistons) but lets see.

Is the 197 block the same? Seen someone selling a rebuilt block on eBay at the moment.

To be honest, bottom ends are not my strong point, would you be able to elaborate on your last comment about the bores not looking good? are you referring to the slight pitting on cylinder 4? As that one was still coming up with good pressure. Cylinder 1 was showing a little corrosion at the...

Short update and unfortunately not a good one. I was a bit concerned how much it was chuffing out the oil breather when I got it started so run a compression test... Cylinder 1: 50psi Cylinder 2: 175psi Cylinder 3: 180psi Cylinder 4: 175psi Checked and rechecked cylinder 1 hoping I had done...

I've shunted to the perm live. bridging to the switch could draw too much current for the wiring and blow a fuse. I turn the battery isolator off when the ignition is not on so it wont drain the battery. But yes, i should probably find a more appropriate solution. Interesting to know that the...

The bodge is still there. it basically bypasses the relay and provides a permanent 12v to the coil pack. To be honest, it may remain long term depending on what amperage the coil pack pulls. The potential fallout would be adding a drain to the battery but the feel appears to cut out when key...

please can a moderator remove the video under attachments, it is not supposed to be included.

SO! a small but far from insignificant update! After getting the engine back in and wired up I did some cranking to circulate the oil and then tried to start... nothing, just crank, no spark. Initially I thought the ECU wasn't powering up and might be dead which was a little scary. Overall it...

Another big bump for this thread. I was having a thunk the other day when I cranked my engine on the stand with a drill to circulate oil post rebuilt. I noticed that the oil cam out the outer ring rather than the middle where I expected it. So the oil flows around the outside of the filter...

Digging up an old thread. I don't have the wiring since I stripped it all out but have the stop and handbrake light on. Maybe I earthed it thinking it was the right solution and forgot. Does anyone know where the wire goes on the ph1 so I can disconnect it permanently?

Hi Everyone, Seem to be having a spot of bother getting my track car started up after a fairly large overhaul this summer. Signs are points to the ECU being the issue as I am not getting any power to the coil pack. Earths are all good and the power is getting to pin 30 and 29 ok. Fuel pump...

Every time i see this thread i wish the title was "Dieppe does Dallas". Truly wonderful stuff though! keep it up.

So! Rebuild complete and engine back in the car. Obviously it didn't start first time that would be too easy! So putting together a plan of things to check. My suspicion is that the ECU (Gen90 repined for a ph1 by yours truly) is not getting 12v. Things to note: Car has not started in ~15years...